Industry News

[March 14, 2019]

CHA Poised to Expand Its Unique Ability to Deliver Analytics Integrated with Clinical Workflows to Improve Outcomes and Decrease Time Spent in Chart

The promise of harnessing data for predictive, actionable analytics that
assist doctors and nurses at the point of care has been in the air for a
decade or more, but few hospitals have been able to make it practical.
While the federally-mandated use of electronic medical record (EMR)
systems has been largely completed, adapting these systems in a way that
clinicians can actually access and leverage the data has been much more
elusive-despite the efforts of some of the biggest players in the
industry. Furthermore, a major complaint of caregivers is the amount of
time they spend in EMRs inputting and searching for patient data,
resulting in widespread physician burn-out.

One company in Massachusetts has been quietly working to change the tide
on this trend and with the recent hiring of a new growth-focused
president, they're poised to make a bigger impact nation-wide.

Clinical Healthcare Analytics/CHA has added veteran start-up leader
Jerry Baker to their team as president, marking a transition from a
"well-kept secret" phase to their next stage of growth.

"Bringing someone with Jerry's experience and network into CHA is a
powerful statement about where we're now taking our company," explains
CEO Andrew Splitz. "Over the past 2 years, we've been working to
solidify our approach and build a portfolio of proven implementations
among some demanding hospital clients. With Jerry's arrival, we are
putting the healthcare IT world on notice that we're ready to make a
much larger impact."

Baker joins CHA with a 25-year track record at a succession of angel,
venture-backed and Fortune 100 companies. He held CEO and
leadership roles at Info-X (acquired by 3M (News - Alert)) and MRO Corporation, a
medical records information management cmpany. He was CEO at Halfpenny
Technologies, a laboratory IT company where he led a Series-A Growth
Capital Round of $6.7M. Baker has also had corporate positions with
Baxter International, First Data Corporation and 3M.

Regarding his new role with CHA, Baker says, "I am very excited about
the prospect of moving CHA's proven approach to clinical analytics and
workflows to a much larger stage. For nearly two years now, this team
has been demonstrating unprecedented success in bringing predictive
analytics to the real world-serving about 40 hospitalists, case
managers, and nursing managers-and demonstrating a significant impact on
measures like preventing sepsis, diagnosing acute kidney injury and
alcohol withdrawal-harnessing latent data that has tremendous potential
for impacting both clinical and financial outcomes."

CHA's approach to frontline analytics uniquely delivers real-time
visualization of critical data in a manner that time-stressed clinicians
can easily incorporate into their workflow. At one site, physicians are
reporting a 20% decrease in time spent in patient charts. The
visualizations provide a tool for impacting perennially troubling issues
for healthcare organizations and early users are reporting improvements
in outcomes, revenue, and-importantly-physician satisfaction.

"This small-but-mighty team has done what many larger players in
healthcare IT have yet to do," Baker says, "And I am looking forward to
scaling this success by bringing in the financial resources and national
leadership perspective they need to rollout the company's abilities to a
much larger audience. Our industry is very eager to see this vision
finally being implemented."

Over his career to-date, Baker raised over $14M in growth capital has
been recognized by the Inc. 500, Deloitte (News - Alert) and Touche Fast 500,
and MidAtlantic Venture Summit Top 100. He has participated on
the Boards of Directors of seven companies including Lifepoint
Informatics (News - Alert), HSI Health, and as Chairman of Brandywine Airport in West
Chester, PA. He has served as an advisor for Panasonic Corporation,
Medivo, iWT Health, Spreo and others.

Prior to his private sector career, Baker was a Captain in the United
States Marine Corps, serving 5 years active duty and 5 years reserves.
In 2016, he was awarded the Semper Fidelis Award, which recognizes
individuals whose service to our Nation exemplifies the Marine Corps
motto to remain "Always Faithful." Past recipients include President
Gerald Ford (News - Alert), Walter Cronkite, The Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, H. Ross
Perot, George Steinbrenner and President George W. Bush.

About Clinical Healthcare Analytics/CHA:CHA is home to one of
the only teams demonstrating real-world success in introducing powerful
analytics at the point of clinical care. The CHA Foundation Suite is a
leap forward in leveraging an organization's EMR to deliver critical-and
actionable-information at point-of-care. CHA is finally delivering on a
long-promised vision for improved clinical care and optimized case
management through timely analytics.

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